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UK Update: 999 in meltdown as storms sweep the country
Daily Mail Headline, says: '
Torrential rain and thunderstorms swept across Britain yesterday, flooding hundreds of homes and bringing chaos to the roads and railways on the first 'big getaway' of the summer holidays. Parts of England were drenched with three times the monthly average rainfall in just a few hours. Emergency services were inundated with calls from drivers trapped on flooded roads. During the peak of the downpours - when four inches of rain fell in an hour - the 999 system went into meltdown.Yesterday's torrents were the second to hit Britain in a month.'
Daily Mail Headline, says: 'Torrential rain and thunderstorms swept across Britain yesterday, flooding hundreds of homes and bringing chaos to the roads and railways on the first 'big getaway' of the summer holidays. Parts of England were drenched with three times the monthly average rainfall in just a few hours. Emergency services were inundated with calls from drivers trapped on flooded roads. During the peak of the downpours - when four inches of rain fell in an hour - the 999 system went into meltdown.Yesterday's torrents were the second to hit Britain in a month.'